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title: Epigram
author: Mimnermus of Colophon
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# Epigram

**Author:** Mimnermus of Colophon

**eul_wid:** `aly-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/mimnermus-colophon-epigram-aly-ac)

## Text

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ΜΙΜΝΕΡΜΟΥ

  

Τὴν σαυτοῦ φρένα τέρπε· δυσηλεγέων δὲ πολιτῶν  

ἄλλος τίς σε κακῶς, ἄλλος ἄμεινον ἐρεῖ.

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